The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned as extremely wicked and heartrending, the horrible killing of 60 worshippers in a blast at a mosque and nearby market in Mubi, Adamawa state by insurgents.
The party also laments as shocking and devastating, the gruesome murder of Special Adviser to Bayelsa Governor Seriake Dickson, Mr. Ebikimi Okoringa by gunmen on Monday.
“The PDP and indeed all Nigerians are deeply worried about the ceaseless killing of citizens, which has continued to escalate because of the aloofness of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration on issues of security in our country.”, said Mr Kola Ologbondiyan in a statement
In his reaction to the bomb blast that claimed 60 worshippers in a mosque in Mubi, Adamawa State, Tuesday, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar noted that the killing of innocent people is senseless, thoughtless, purposeless, incomprehensible and, above all, egregiously wicked and ungodly.
Describing terrorists as enemies of civilisation who have no slightest regard for the sanctity of life, the former Vice President said he was saddened by the fact that the people in the Northeast are living under constant threats of death and mortal fear.
While praising our security forces for their sacrifices and for doing their best despite severe limitations, including confronting an unconventional enemy, the former Vice President advised that strategies should be strengthened or reviewed so as to keep pace with the terrorists changing tactics.
PDP Ologbondiyan said “it is painful that while President Buhari and the APC Federal Government are busy misleading Nigerians and the world with false claims of having decimated insurgents, the same insurgents are having a field day pillaging our citizens in various parts of the country.
“We hold that if the incompetent APC administration had not continued to issue false security assurances, these compatriots would not have believed a lie and dropped their guards when they would have adopted more precautionary measures; only to be slaughtered as soft targets by insurgents.
The PDP therefore charge our security agencies to insulate themselves from the APC propaganda and take urgent steps to tackle the security situation in the country. Nigerians look up to them now, more than ever before, to deploy their patriotism and professional skills to ensure the safety of lives in our country.
The party described Mr. Okoringa as a patriotic and selfless Nigerian, who worked hard not only for the development of his state but Nigeria at large.
We charge security forces in Bayelsa state to immediately spread out and apprehend his killers and bring them to book.
The PDP stands and commiserates with the families of Mr. Okoringa, the victims of the blast in Adamawa state and the daily bloodletting in Benue, Taraba, Nasarawa, Zamfara, Plateau, Kogi and other states, which have become the order of the day under the APC administration.
Finally, we urge Nigerians across board to continue to be alert and support one another irrespective of religious, ethnic and political leanings, especially at this trying time in the history of our nation.
